James Franco Teams With DJ /rupture for New EP

DJ /rupture co-produces and releases debut from Kalup and Franco

Kalup and Franco is the duo of Kalup Linzy, a video/performance artist who frequently performs in drag, and James Franco, an Oscar-nominated movie star (127 Hours, Spider-Man) who has quickly become one of Hollywood's biggest weirdos. The partnership formed after Franco invited Linzy to perform on "General Hospital" during Franco's stint on the soap opera, and they've since become a performance duo and a musical act. On July 12, they'll release their debut EP Turn It Up on Dutty Artz, the label co-founded by the globe-trotting, genre-mashing theorist DJ /rupture.

The EP will be available as a digital download and as a limited-edition 7". It features two songs, "Rising (Both Sides Now)" and "Turn It Up (So We Can Turn It Out)", co-produced by DJ /rupture and his Nettle bandmate Brent Arnold, and "Rising" also features production from /rupture's Dutty Artz partner Matt Shadetek. Linzy produced a third track, "Fly Away". The duo intends to make music videos for each of those three songs, which will feature "surprise guest cameos."

Below, check out a live video of Kalup and Franco performing a drag-heavy version of "Proud Mary", with Franco limiting his participation to singing backing vocals and looking pretty.

In other /rupture news, we previously reported that he'd launched a Kickstarter campaign for "Beyond Digital", a project that would send him to Morocco to do research, make videos, host workshops, and perform. The project reached its fundraising goal, and /rupture is currently in Morocco with Fader photo editor John Francis Peters. He's written a bit about his trip on the Fader website; check that out here.